Epistles and Gospels

Each customer chose which manual decorations he wanted included in the printed text. Depending on his taste and the available budget, he decided how he would have the book adapted after printing. This can be seen in these two copies of the Epistelen ende evangelien by Gerard Leeu: in this one, the initials are coloured only with red and white, while in a second copy, green and blue have also been used and the pen-work is different. This means that separate copies of the same edition may look completely different.

1460 - Gutenberg's Success Formula (1)

1460 - Gutenberg's Success Formula (2)

Bible with explanations by Martin Luther

Conn3ct is an initiative of Flanders Heritage Library and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, in co-operation with Limburg Provincial Library and the University of Antwerp, on the occasion of Flanders and the Netherlands serving as Guests of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair.